Trego Lake (Washburn County)
Waterbody ID (WBIC): 2712000 — permanent page /lakes/2712000/.
Trego Lake is in Washburn County; records show 383 acres and 1 DNR access-site record.
- Size
- 383 acres
- Lake type
- DRAINAGE
- Max depth
- 36 ft
- Mean depth
- 11 ft
- 1 documented public access site record (DNR access inventory)
- 7 fish species/groups with abundance categories (DNR lake page)
- Fish stocking documented through 2022 (DNR stocking records)
- Satellite clarity estimate 7.59 ft (2017)
- Official DNR depth map available (PDF)
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Plan your visit
- Lake directory: public landing — Yes
- Lake directory: public beach — No
- Lake directory: public park — Yes
- DNR public-access inventory: 1 documented access site record
- DNR public-access inventory: documented developed boat ramp
- 1 site qualify for per-site Directions through the reviewed lake association (load the site details below)
Each statement is bounded to its named source; absence of a record is never evidence of no access. The DNR access database may lag reality; posted signs at the landing are authoritative.
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Fishing
The DNR lake page publishes 7 fish species/groups with abundance categories — categories are source labels, never a population count.
DNR fish labels: Panfish—Abundant; Largemouth Bass—Common; Northern Pike—Common; not population counts.
Stocking records: 67 documented events through 2022, 2,325,599 fish total. Species: Muskellunge And Hybrids (Occasional), Lake Sturgeon (Occasional), Walleye (Historic), Bluegill (Historic), Crappies (Historic), Northern Pike (Historic), Panfish (Historic). Events in 2015 or later count as recent.
No fisheries survey population estimate is published for this lake in the covered report families.
- Musky reproductive status (DNR mapped): Natural reproduction plus stocking (Cat. 2)
Fishing limits — 2026-2027 season: 17 normalized rows across 17 species entries. Normalized from the DNR ruleset retrieved 2026-08-04. Source text remains authoritative.
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2026-2027 retained fishing rules: 17 published rows for 17 species; effective through 2027-03-07. Check current DNR rules.
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Water and setting
- Satellite clarity estimate: 7.59 ft (2017) — a remote-sensing estimate, kept separate from field measurements
Official DNR depth map (PDF) — Historical lake map; not for navigation. Link checked 2026-07-16.
- AIS record: Chinese mystery snail — Verified, latest documented 2007-12-31
- AIS record: Curly-leaf pondweed — Verified, latest documented 2011-06-14
- AIS record: Eurasian watermilfoil — Verified, latest documented 2019-06-12
- AIS record: Hybrid Eurasian / northern watermilfoil — Verified, latest documented 2019-09-13
- AIS record: Japanese mystery snail — Verified, latest documented 2007-12-31
Occurrence records come from a non-exhaustive DNR inventory; a record documents presence at observation time and a missing record is never evidence of absence.
- Public-land proximity (GIS proxy, not access evidence): mapped public land within 1,000 ft; nearest: Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway (NPS); ≈12.5% of shoreline buffer
- Shoreline development (landcover proxy, 2025 source): ≈22.1% developed land within 300 m, ≈3.9% impervious
- Road proximity (TIGER proxy, 2025 source): nearest secondary road (U.S., state, or county highway) ≈0 m; ≈2.9 km of road per km² within 1 km
- Resource water (NR 102): Outstanding Resource Water (ORW) — NR 102.10(1)(a)2
- Priority Navigable Waterway — basis: musky area, outstanding/exceptional resource water
Designations are legally defined DNR records shown as their sources state them; no composite rating is implied.
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Data & sources
Published data families
- Fish species and abundance (DNR lake pages)
- Fish stocking history
- Fishing regulations (normalized snapshot)
- Directory access facts (landing, beach, park)
- Public access site inventory
- Satellite water clarity estimate
- Aquatic invasive species occurrences
Original records: Wisconsin DNR lake page.
Missing values are unpublished, never zero; each fact above is bounded to its named source and date. Full sourcing detail: Data & methods.